National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Oedipus Rex
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.1/10 for Oedipus Rex). Oedipus Rex is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. Oedipus Rex is the older of the two (1957 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Oedipus Rex| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Oedipus Rex | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1957 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Tyrone Guthrie |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | William Shatner, David Gardner, Louis Negin, Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
Oedipus Rex
The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.
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